About

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October 2018, Dublin

The fourth Dublin Greek Film Festival will present features, documentaries and short films along with special events in top cultural venues of Dublin.

The Vision

The aim of the Festival is to promote Greek culture through a variety of films and events and show links between Ireland and Greece.

Films

The Festival will showcase the latest films by both internationally established directors and emerging filmmakers,
who are currently producing many of the most dynamic, innovative and provocative films in the world.

Other Events

Apart from showing movies we run events introducing Greek culture - see below for our Programme.

Check out our Gallery of selected flashbacks from the 3rd Dublin Greek Film Festival 2017!

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Support Us

Dublin Greek Film Festival welcomes support from companies and individuals that share our passion
for quality cinema and our belief that it can facilitate social inclusion and enrich the cultural experience of Ireland's capital.

Thank You!

There are many ways in which you can support the Festival as a business or individual. For more information contact info@greekfilmfestival.ie.

Doors: 4pm; A Family Affair: 4.30pm - 6pm; Pakaw!: 6.30pm - 8pm

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Programme 2015

The Grocer

6 pm - 9 pm

Traders Nikos and Sophia Anastasiou have been driving the same 75-kilometre route every week since the 1980's
- from the city of Trikala, in central Greece, to the south western parts of the Pindus Mountains. Delivering more
than just fruit and vegetables, they bring news from the outside world into the remotest villages, and provide
practical help for the isolated villagers.

This special evening screening is in association with the Chester Beatty Library. It will be followed by Q&A with the movie director Dimitris
Koutsiabasakos and a wine reception. Event sponsored by Kir-Yianni.

Red Hulk

6 pm

Yorgos lives on his own in Athens. He lacks purpose, self-confidence, identity and peer acceptance. He fills the void by becoming the 'Red Hulk',
as he is known at his football team's fan club. Until the day he gets involved in racial violence, entailing new problems and dilemmas.

Boy Eating the Bird's Food

7 pm

A 22-year-old boy in Athens has no job, no money, no girlfriend and no food to eat, but he’s got a canary bird and a beautiful singing voice.
When he finds himself without home, he has to seek a shelter for his bird...

This screening will be preceded by an introduction to the 'Weird Wave of Greek Cinema' by film scholar Mikela Fotiou.

Traditional Greek Dance

12 noon - 2 pm

Would you like to learn some traditional Greek circle dances? Join dancer Katerini Papathanasiou and
explore this art form and its history.
In association with the Chester Beatty Library. Suitable for all ages,
free, limited to 20 places.

BOOKED OUT

Saturday Apr 25

Anna

Short

12 pm

Mary spends her days looking after the chronically ill, 85 year-old Mr Michalis in a Cypriot village. This older gent is obsessed
with the lead female character in a daytime soap opera named ‘Anna’, even referring to Mary by that name at times.
Eager to understand what is behind Mr Michalis’ fixation with the starlet, Mary’s investigations reveal that Anna’s importance to the
old man goes far beyond being a mere character on a TV drama.

Morning Patrol

1 pm

A woman walks alone in a deserted city, in a post-apocalyptic environment, with no recollections. She heads towards the west, where she will be safe,
knowing only that she needs to avoid the morning patrol that guards the city. On her course to the unknown, she is approached by a member of the morning
patrol who wants to help her reach the sea. Having a fractured memory in common, they will come close to each other, trying to explain what happened.

This screening will be preceded by an introduction to the movie by film scholar Mikela Fotiou.

Fish n'Chips

2.15 pm

Andy, a hard working Cypriot immigrant in London who deep-fries his way into oblivion, decides to leave London for his native Cyprus.
Having slaved away for others his entire life, he finally opens his very own chip shop. But his dream turns into a nightmare, as he seems
to have overlooked one small detail: Cyprus just isn't London!

Tickets available at The New Theatre ticket office

The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas

4.15 pm

Antonis arrives at a hotel resort by the sea. It is wintertime, the hotel is closed and Antonis drifts around alone. He has a lot of time to kill.
Until television announces the disappearance of the famous TV host Antonis Paraskevas…

Tickets available at The New Theatre ticket office

Xenia

6 pm

After the death of their mother, 16-year-old Dany, leaves Crete to join his older brother, Odysseas, who lives in Athens. Born from an Albanian
mother and a Greek father they never met, the two brothers, strangers in their own country, decide to go to Thessaloniki to look for their father
and force him to officially recognize them. In Thessaloniki they discover that auditions are being held for the cult show, Greek Star, and Dany
dreams that his brother, a gifted singer, could become the new star of the contest in a country that refuses to accept them.